Improvement in ironing-boards



J. W. QTANTON.V

IRQNIN'G BOARD.

Patented July 4.11876.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH W. STANTON, OF WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.y

IMPROVEMENT IN IRONING-BOARDS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. l 79,429, dated July 4,1876; application tiled April 28, 1876. v

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH W. STANTON, of West Springeld, State oflVIassachusetts, have invented an Improved Ironing-Board, of .which thefollowing is a specication:

My invention is fully illustrated in the following description andaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure I is a plan view of the boardproper; Fig. Il, a plan view ot' the board with the article to be ironedin position upon it. Fig. lII is a side view of the board as shown inFig. I; Fig. IV, an end view of the device as shown in Fig. II; and Fig.V, one ofthe movable side pieces.

Upon the side of the board B, which is properly padded and covered topresent a good ironing-surface, are the Slat-holders b arranged two toeach of the sides.

The shirt-bosom or other piece to be ironed is brought over the face ofthe ironing-surface, and the slats D are forced down between the sidesof the board B and holders b, to draw the fabric upon the board fromthree or more directions, to secure it and insure an entire absence ot'all wrinkles in the surface to be ironed. These holders b I prefer toarrange upon the sides ot' the board B, as shown in Fig. I. They aresecured to the bottom ofthe board, and, rising from the bottom, leave aspace between them and the sides a little in excess ofthe thicknessofthe slats D, to allow for the double thickness ot' the fabric when theslats are crowded in place.

These holders b may be made to have a slight spring, or be inclined alittle from the curing them by acting as clamps to confine them againstthc board.,

The free ends ofthe holders bare below the level of the face of theboard, and when the slats D are in place no object projects tointel-tere with the use ot" the iron.

In this invention the object can be quickly and with certainty arrangedin the best position to be ironed, and can be as quickly-by the mereremoval ot' the slats-disengaged; andas the tension upon the fabric isreleased to any degree from the drying of the moisture by theiron, aslight pressure by the hand upon one or more of the cleats quicklyrestores it. e

Now, having described my invention, what I claim is- In combination withthe ironing-board B, the spring slat-holders b and slats D,conforming'to the sides ot' the board, when all arranged and constructedsubstantially as set forth. A

JOSEPH W. STANTON. Witnesses:

R. F. HYDE, EDWARD MORRIS.

